Emma Stonegot to slip into gorgeously elaborate costumes inThe Favourite— but they came with some serious side-effects.
“Women existed like that for such a long time, which gives you a lot of sympathy for that time period and what they were going through,” Stone says. “For the first month, I couldn’t breathe.”
The actress adds that the only thing that would relieve her discomfort was the smell of menthol. “I would smell menthol and it would make me think I was in a wide-open space and could breathe for a moment in time,” she says. “After a month, all my organs shifted — it was gross and if you don’t have to, don’t do it!”
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Luckily Stone had Colman and Weisz to lean on, and the trio is already earning awards for their performances. The Gotham Independent Film Awards chose to give all three a special jury award at their ceremony in November, and all three ladies are seen as likely front-runners to nab Oscar nominations for their performances.
It’s not lost on Stone how special it was to take part in a movie with three strong female characters.
“I had so, so much fun,” she admits. “It was amazing to find one part that is really hilarious, layered and complex, particularly for a female, but there were three. Reading through the script it was insane that these women are so full bodied and fantastic, it was so exciting.”
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The Favourite, also starring Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn, hits theaters Nov. 23.
source: people.com
